Cobar’s now annual Live Music Festival took place at the Cobar Sound Chapel on Saturday afternoon.
A crowd of approximately 60 locals and visitors enjoyed the free music concert which featured renowned musician and composer Georges Lentz’s String Quartet as well as local musicians.
Mr Lentz was pleased with the turn out saying the audience on Saturday was a bit bigger than he’d expected.
“We barely had enough chairs, and barely enough drinks, so yes I’m very happy,” he said.
The concert opened with local Xander Jeffery playing a moving piece on the didgeridoo followed by a special performance by Cobar High School’s Taiko drumming group.
The String Quartet, made up of Mr Lentz and Tamara Elias on violins, David Wicks on viola and cellist Christopher Pidcock, played pieces from composers Beethoven and Xenakis along with Danish folk music.
Mr Lentz warned the audience before they began that their chosen pieces might be “confronting” and “challenging” and their performance of Greek-French composer/architect Iannis Xenakis’ piece, led by Pidock on cello, most definitely was.
The quartet then joined local musician Shane Josephson (accompanied by Laura Andrew on saxophone and Cassandra Best on percussion) to elevate Josephson’s original song ‘On Top of the Hill’ to a whole new level.
Mr Lentz said after hearing Xander Jeffery play the didgeridoo, he now has an idea for some new music content for the Sound Chapel.
Violinist Tamara Elias, who has played throughout Europe, in London’s West End, in Singapore and Columbia, commented that performing at the Cobar Sound Chapel was definitely the most unusual venue she had ever played at.
“It’s wonderful,” she said.
“I’ve never seen anything like it.”
